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Is going to Boston to visit Mrs. Fields for a week. Hopes she will come to visit when
she gets back [from France].
Pioneers to be out in June. Has been
reading proofs and feels happier with it again. Wants to tell her about the Swedish girl who
was the model for the frontispiece; also about Fremstad.
W. S. C.
[Stout
#258]

Swedish cousin has died in Paris. Spent a few days in Washington with her cousin's husband after he returned bringing the body. Is settling back into the apartment.
Did about 28,000 words on new novel while in Pittsburgh.
Has she seen the article
about singers in the December McClure's? Fremstad likes it. Has been
invited to Boston to visit Mrs. Fields, but can't go until after Christmas. Wishes
she [
Sergeant
] were there to go to the ballet tonight. P.S.: Mrs. Fields's primness about a nude
figure on the magazine cover is funny.
W. S. C.
[Stout
#270]

Is pleased to have the Adams book [prob. Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1904; reissued by Houghton Mifflin in 1913]. Tell
Nancy Moore her serial will get a quick reading by
Mackenzie
[at McClure's].
Willa Cather
[Stout
#273]

Has just read her essay on Provence in Century. Is busy with proofs. Jack is off in Maine. A musical critic is reading
galleys and is enthusiastic, especially about the singing lessons. Would have felt bad if those
hadn't been right! Has she seen Henry James's article
about Mrs. Fields in the June Atlantic? Isn't she disappointed in Owen Wister's novel? [Pentecost of Calamity,
1915] P.S.: Loves her khaki outfit for the cliff dwellings— reminds her of Kurt's outfit
in Fidelio
[
Beethoven
].
Willa
[Stout
#310]

Likes the jacket, but the copy is wrong—Moonstone, Colorado, not Arizona. Also,
Thea and Fred go to Mexico, not New Mexico. Wishes it could say something
about her artistic growth in the cliff dweller ruins. Actually, not so very happy with the
cover. Couldn't it be more like British edition of Pioneers? Henry James seems
patronizing in his essay on the Fieldses.
Willa Cather
[Stout
#311]

The Song of the Lark was fun
to write, but shows carelessness. Cut out several chapters set in Germany to keep it focused on the Moonstone perspective. They would have
spoiled the unity. A few negative reviewers have wished it were a tragedy rather than a success
story. The title is a weakness, it's true. Hasn't been up to starting a new book this winter,
with Judge McClung's death, the closing of
the house, and prospect of Isabelle's
marriage [April 3, 1916]. Doesn't get along well with Jan Hambourg. Loss of Isabelle is a severe one. Also, Annie Fields died last winter. So much misery in the
world in general, with the war. Wishes they could have a long talk.
Willa
[Stout
#351]

People seem to have strong feelings about One
of Ours, pro or con. Has been thinking he might like a memoir about Mrs. James T. Fields
[for Yale Review],
but through a misunderstanding Henry Seidel
Canby is expecting such a piece from her [for Literary
Review, New York Evening
Post]. No longer interested in doing the article she discussed with Miss McAfee a year ago. Wants to keep working on a new
novelette [
A Lost Lady
].
Willa Sibert Cather
[Stout
#626]

Pleased with the sales report, but the copy of Alexander's Bridge hasn't arrived. Did he see her article on Mrs. Fields? ["148 Charles Street,"
a review of De
Wolfe Howe's Memories of a Hostess, 1922, drawn mainly from Annie Adams Fields's
diaries] Is going to Red Cloud next
week to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Willa Cather
[Stout
#643]